McDATA Sphereon 4500 User Manual
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Glossary
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Glossary
U
unblocked port
Devices communicating with an unblocked port can log in to the 
switch and communicate with devices attached to any other 
unblocked port (assuming that this is supported by the current 
zoning configuration).
unicast
Communication between a single sender and a single receiver over a 
network. Compare to multicast (communication between a single 
sender and multiple receivers) and anycast (communication between 
any sender and the nearest of a group of receivers). Similar in 
meaning to point-to-point communication.
uniform resource
locator
A standard way of specifying the location of an object, typically a 
web page, on the Internet. URLs are the form of address used on the 
world-wide web. They are used in HTML documents to specify the 
target of a hyperlink which is often another HTML document 
(possibly stored on another computer).
URL
See uniform resource locator.
user rights
The EFC Manager’s system administrator can assign levels of access, 
or “User Rights,” to Product Manager users through the EFC 
Manager application.
V
vital product data
System-level data stored by the backplane in the electrically erasable 
programmable read-only memory. This data includes serial numbers 
and identifies the manufacturer. 
VPD
See vital product data.
W
warning message
Indication that a possible error has been detected. See also error 
message and information message.
